Fencing-post.



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HENRIE H.RAYWA`RD, EDNA JOAN COLLEY.

' mme@ of weerom-. Patenten am'. at, raie. a'pipncauoa nieeinuy ia, i913." 'serial no. 'Navas'. Y i

the post when in use is relatively andk residing' at Napier, inthe vProvincial andjlinto approximately ll.' section with i0 5 `lDistrict yont Hawkes Bay, in the Dominion, the approximately parallel side wings 8 and I of New Zealand,'have yinvented certain new 9, which wings add greatly. to Ythe strength and usefulImprovementsirl-Fencingvltfosts, 'oi' thepost. of which the following is a specification. 1 The fencing wires' may be secured across' The invention .relates to metal posts for` 'the apex of the ll, or across the wingsand-A. l@ wire fencing' and thelike. 1 i 9, and any usual connecting means maybe According to my invention a post 1s employed.' For the purpose of illustration a formed ofsheet or plate metal cut'tothe re-v method is shown in Fig. 3 consisting of a quired shape, andv then bent toproduce a .l staple 10, which is passed through a hole, 1l, po'St of V cross section tapering frornwhatf. in the edge' ofwing 8, and has its ends, 12 50 15 is the ground line in use,` and provided with and 13, bent around the wire 14. substantially parallel portions at the outer lf the post iszto-be driven into soft ground i ends of the legs of th'ell'.v the lower end' need not be tapered, but it is rllhe invention is illustrated in the 'drawi usually convenient'to use the taper, as sav? ing wherein: ing in weight is thereby eiected. y .55 29 `-lFigure 1 is a plan of'a metal blank. Fig; What ll do claim and desire to secure by 2, a side perspective elevation of thepost. Letters Patent-'of the United States is: Fig. 3, a part side sectional elevation o n line A fencing .post -consistingvof a ll-shapedb AA Fig. 2` (illustrating the attachment of strip of sheet metal tapered, rom the pora `fencing wire).` lFig. 4 is a sectionalplan tion representing the i ground line, toward *5.0- 25. ofv Fig; 2 taken on the ground line. both ends, the eXtreme `outer-ends ofthe legs The"'metal'blank,`1, Fig-1, isl formed to "of the'll being .inwardlyturned relatively tol Vthe shape shown tapering vfrom the -grcm'ndV said legs to form. langesboth above andbeline (indicated by thedotted line 2) upon low the portion representing the ground both edgesand Lltoward the top and uponline. f i 1 65 30 both edges, 15. and 6, toward the bottom ln testimony whereof-lli have signed my whichf forms the' driving point, 7, of the nameto this specification in the presence of post. By shaping theblankin this yway the two-witnesses. f y j maximum sectional area, and consequent GERGE HUTCHlNSUN. 3R strength, is ohtained'at-the ground line, Witnesses: A 

